LET ME CRAWL OUT ON THAT LIMB WITH YOU. IT IS GOOD TO BE CURIOUS. THAT'S HOW WE LEARN. APPROACHING THIS WITH THE COVERING OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS WISE. YOU HAVE TO BE ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN YOUR FAITH. MY FAMILY ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE IS A HAPPILY ECLECTIC GROUP. WE HAVE CATHOLIC, JEWISH, LUTHERN, BAPTIST, CHARISMATIC CATHOLIC, A/G, INDEPENDENT AND SO ON. GROWING UP I WAS EXPOSED TO ALL OF THESE, AND THEN AS A MEMBER OF YOUTH FOR CHRIST TEEN TEAM, I VISITED MANY OTHERS. WHEN I GREW UP I KNEW THAT I KNEW WHAT I WANTED.
AS FAR AS MARY AND JOSEPH, YES SHE WAS A VIRGIN WHEN JESUS WAS BORN AS FORETOLD. YES SHE AND JOSEPH HAD CHILDREN TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY WERE ESPOUSED (MARRIED WITHOUT BENEFIT OF INTIMACY) AND GOD CONSIDERS THE MARRIAGE VOWS SACRED. HE WOULD NOT TAKE THAT PROMISE AWAY FROM JOSEPH. AS WITH MANY WONDERFUL SPIRITUAL TRUTHS, MAN PUTS HIS OWN TWISTS TO IT. BUT THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS THIS; MARY WAS PROMISED TO JOSEPH, AND GOD'S NAY IS NAY AND HIS YAY IS YAY. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? JANET _______ List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm
